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Enrollment
368
Elementary
DISTRICT 469 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SD U-46·NCES 171371001699
Ridge Circle Elementary School
420 Ridge Cir, Streamwood, IL 60107 · (630) 213-5600 · Cook County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL368 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
206 students
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 56%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 22 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 47 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 37 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 53 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 46 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 52 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 53 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 58 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (47) is 19% smaller than its 6th grade class (58).
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · STATE 69% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
39.1%
IL avg 51.0% . +13.5pp since 2023
Math
24.9%
IL avg 37.9% . +8.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Illinois schools, those numbers are about 51 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 14 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 39.1% | 24.9% |
| 2023-24 | 25.6% | 16.8% |
% Proficient (Levels 4-5), all students and all tested grades.
Source: IAR + ISA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
30.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.2%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Illinois's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Ridge Circle Elementary School
Ridge Circle Elementary School's state test result (30.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ridge Circle Elementary School this school | 368 | 56.0% | 30.2% |
| G Stanley Hall Elementary School Glendale Hts | 343 | 57.1% | 24.4% |
| Lincoln Elementary School Hoffman Estates | 467 | 56.3% | 42.9% |
| J M Hannum Elementary School Oak Lawn | 410 | 51.7% | 46.3% |
| Plainfield Elementary School Des Plaines | 285 | 61.1% | 50.1% |
| Hanover Countryside Elementary School Streamwood | 371 | 50.9% | 37.0% |
Matched among Illinois elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Ridge Circle Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.2% | #1,266 of 1,925 | #396 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.9% | #1,462 of 2,077 ▼ 136 | #463 of 829 ▼ 41 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.1% | #1,378 of 2,077 ▼ 27 | #477 of 829 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 368 | #1,160 of 2,419 | #479 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.2:1 | #629 of 2,035 | #298 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.2% | #678 of 2,042 | #242 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 56.0% | #1,127 of 2,132 | #570 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -29.9% | #183 of 1,461 | #114 of 661 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
368
-40 (-10%) vs 2020
-40% since 1990-91, when it was 610
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 368 | 30.1 | 12.2:1 | 56% (206) |
| 2023-24 | 390 | 29.3 | 13.3:1 | 52% (202) |
| 2022-23 | 401 | 28.3 | 14.2:1 | 54% (218) |
| 2020-21 | 408 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 525 | 29.1 | 18.0:1 | 64% (335) |
| 2015-16 | 507 | 27 | 18.8:1 | 64% (324) |
| 2010-11 | 501 | 28 | 17.9:1 | 69% (344) |
| 2000-01 | 621 | 34 | 18.3:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 610 | 25 | 24.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ridge Circle Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 30% (525 to 368); teachers up 3% (29.1 to 30.1).
About Ridge Circle Elementary School
Ridge Circle Elementary School, located in Streamwood, Illinois, is a mid-sized elementary school. Federal data show 368 students enrolled in kindergarten through 6 in 2024-25.
Ridge Circle Elementary School is in SD U-46, a district with 34,036 students across 51 schools.
The share of Hispanic students at Ridge Circle Elementary School is 61%, a majority. The school is also 19% White, 8% Black, and 8% Asian. That is higher than the 27% Hispanic share among all Cook County residents. A diversity index of 57% means there is a 57% chance two randomly chosen students at Ridge Circle Elementary School are from different groups.
There are about 12.2 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Ridge Circle Elementary School, which has 30.1. Elementary schools in Illinois have an average ratio of 13.9:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 56%. For comparison, public schools in Cook County average 66%.
Schools in Illinois with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 39.2%. Ridge Circle Elementary School scores 30.2%.
Looking at the county, Cook County, the median household earns about $83,498 a year, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Cook County has 1,406 public schools with about 697,934 students, including Ridge Circle Elementary School.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Canton Middle School, is about 0.2 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, Ridge Circle Elementary School ranks 8th on average proficiency.
NCES describes the area around Ridge Circle Elementary School as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 408 students in 2020-21, enrollment decreased to 368 by 2024-25.
This page collects posts and questions about Ridge Circle Elementary School, such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Cook County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
5,182,090
Census ACS
Median income
$83,498
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
1,406
697,934 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in SD U-46
- South Elgin High SchoolHigh · 2,665 students
- Elgin High SchoolHigh · 2,576 students
- Larkin High SchoolHigh · 2,174 students
- Bartlett High SchoolHigh · 2,037 students
- Streamwood High SchoolHigh · 1,890 students
- Kenyon Woods Middle SchoolMiddle · 873 students
Other schools in Streamwood
- Streamwood High SchoolHigh · 1,890 students
- Tefft Middle SchoolMiddle · 606 students
- Canton Middle SchoolMiddle · 531 students
- Glenbrook Elementary SchoolElementary · 480 students
- Oakhill Elementary SchoolElementary · 434 students
- Hanover Countryside Elementary SchoolElementary · 371 students
Nearby schools
- Canton Middle School0.2 mi · 531
- Sunnydale Elementary School0.6 mi · 263
- Oakhill Elementary School0.7 mi · 434
- Glenbrook Elementary School0.9 mi · 480
- Tefft Middle School1.0 mi · 606
- Hanover Countryside Elementary School1.1 mi · 371
Frequently asked questions
About Ridge Circle Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Ridge Circle Elementary School?
Ridge Circle Elementary School enrolls approximately 368 students in grades KG-06.
Is Ridge Circle Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Ridge Circle Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many teachers does Ridge Circle Elementary School have?
Ridge Circle Elementary School employs 30 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.2:1.
What is the student diversity at Ridge Circle Elementary School?
Student demographics at Ridge Circle Elementary School are roughly 19% White, 61% Hispanic, 8% Black, 8% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Ridge Circle Elementary School in?
Ridge Circle Elementary School is part of SD U-46.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.